Tribute to Messy Ecosystems

Thought I would put a pic up of the model for Frank’s class.  I don’t know why, but my models for his classes always come out very nice.  Fairly normal, but nice.  We’re working on designs for the new courtyard area at hilltop.  We’re in the modernist phase, so I was working toward a cubist design after my favorite Kandinsky.  I used one of his paintings to think about program and spatial areas.  And I used one of his markings based on Lotte Jacobi’s dance pictures (no credit given in the book, thank you very much) for the circulation.  I would like the design to mimic the dance…  using echoes of the elements and sweeping motions.  I’m using a mixture of prairie grasses – swishing and blowing in the breeze – to fill out the plant palette.  I think that the design will be pretty decent in the end.  I really like this class and it actually feels like we’re learning something. 

 

And a veggie burger stain, reinterpretted…  I may use this for rendering inspiration.

Hopefully I will get a lot accomplished on the swamp situation over the next week.  Who knows… maybe I’ll even clean my computer!